LC control no. | n 90625146 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Campanella, Roy, 1921-1993 |
Associated country | United States |
Birth date | 1921-11-19 |
Death date | 1993-06-26 |
Place of birth | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
Place of death | Woodland Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
Affiliation | Baltimore Elite Giants (Baseball team) Negro National League Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team) |
Profession or occupation | Baseball players |
Found in | Tackach, J. Roy Campanella, c1990: CIP t.p. (Roy Campanella) LC data base, 03-28-90 (hdg.: Campanella, Roy, 1921- ) Internet, URL: yahoo://informationplease.com/ipsa, Oct. 30, 1998 (Roy Campanella; b. Nov. 19, 1921; d. June 26, 1993; 3-time NL MVP; led Brooklyn to 1st World Series (1955)) African American National Biography, accessed January 9, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Campanella, Roy; baseball player; born 19 November 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States; joined Baltimore Elite Giants in Negro National League (NNL) (1937-1942 and 1944-1945); appeared in Negro League all-star game, known as the East-West Classic (1941, 1944, and 1945); joined the Dodgers (1948); won three Most Valuable Player awards (1951, 1953, and 1955); selected to eight consecutive all-star teams (1949-1956); published autobiography, It's Good to Be Alive (1959); the exhibition game Dodgers vs. Yankees to raise funds for his medical expenses had the largest attendance in baseball history (1959); voted into National Baseball Hall of Fame (1969); worked in Dodgers' community services department, Los Angeles (1978); died 26 June 1993 in Woodland Hills, California, United States) |
Associated language | fre eng |